radiation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin radiatio, radiationis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹeɪ.di.ˈeɪ.ʃən/
• IPA^(key): /ɹaɪ.di.ˈaɪ.ʃən/

Noun

radiation (countable and uncountable, plural radiations)

1. The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light.

   heat radiation

   • 2016, Donald R. Prothero, The Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals (page 136)

     The second [canid group] is the radiation of dogs in South America that began when the first canids arrived about 3 Ma, after crossing the Panama land bridge (Fig. 5.4).

2. The process of radiating waves or particles.
3. The transfer of energy via radiation (as opposed to convection or conduction).
4. Radioactive energy.

Related terms

• radiate

Derived terms

Terms derived from radiation

• background radiation
• electromagnetic radiation

• ionizing radiation
• radiation belt

• Van Allen radiation belt

Translations

shooting forth of anything from a point or surface

• Albanian: rrezatim (sq)
• Arabic: إِشْعَاع m (ʔišʕāʕ)
• Catalan: radiació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 放射 (zh) (fàngshè), 輻射／辐射 (zh) (fúshè), 辐射 (zh) (fúshè)

• Finnish: säteily (fi)
• French: radiation (fr) f
• Georgian: გამოსხივება (gamosxiveba), სხივთფენა (sxivtpena)
• German: Strahlung (de) f
• Hungarian: radiáció, sugárzás (hu), kisugárzás (hu)
• Japanese: 放射 (ja) (ほうしゃ, hōsha), 輻射 (ふくしゃ, fukusha)
• Korean: 방사 (ko) (bangsa) (放射 (ko)), 폭사 (ko) (poksa) (輻射 (ko))
• Maori: whitinga
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• Norwegian: utstråling c
• Persian: تابش (fa) (tâbeš)
• Polish: promieniowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: irradiação (pt) f, radiação (pt) f
• Romanian: radiație (ro) f
• Russian: излуче́ние (ru) n (izlučénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: radijácija (sh) f, zráčēnje (sh) n
• Slovene: sévanje (sl) n, žárčenje n
• Spanish: radiación (es) f
• Swedish: strålning (sv) c, utstrålning (sv) c
• Tagalog: ninag
• Vietnamese: phóng xạ (vi) (放射), bức xạ (輻射)

process of radiating waves or particles

• Albanian: rrezatim (sq)
• Catalan: radiació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: záření (cs) n
• Dutch: straling (nl) f
• Finnish: säteilytys (fi), säteilyttäminen (fi)
• Georgian: გამოსხივება (gamosxiveba), რადიაცია (radiacia)
• German: Strahlung (de) f
• Hungarian: sugárzás (hu)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
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• Maori: whitinga
• Norwegian: stråling (no) c
• Polish: promieniowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: radiação (pt) f
• Russian: излуче́ние (ru) n (izlučénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: radijácija (sh) f, zráčēnje (sh) n
• Slovene: sévanje (sl) n, žárčenje n
• Spanish: radiación (es) f
• Swedish: strålning (sv) c
• Tagalog: dagalat

transfer of energy via radiation

• Catalan: radiació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: sálání n
• Danish: varmestråling c
• Finnish: säteily (fi)
• Georgian: გამოსხივება (gamosxiveba), რადიაცია (radiacia)
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• Maori: whitinga
• Norwegian: stråling (no) c
• Russian: излуче́ние (ru) n (izlučénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: radijácija (sh) f, zráčēnje (sh) n
• Slovene: sévanje (sl) n, žárčenje n
• Spanish: radiación (es) f
• Swedish: strålning (sv) c
• Tagalog: dagalat

radioactive energy

• Albanian: rrezatim (sq)
• Catalan: radiació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 放射 (zh) (fàngshè), 輻射／辐射 (zh) (fúshè), 辐射 (zh) (fúshè)

• Czech: záření (cs) n, radiace
• Finnish: säteily (fi)
• French: radiation (fr) f, rayonnement (fr)
• Georgian: რადიაცია (radiacia), გამოსხივება (gamosxiveba)
• German: Strahlung (de) f, Radiation (de) f
• Italian: radiazione (it)
• Japanese: 放射 (ja) (ほうしゃ, hōsha)
• Korean: 방사 (ko) (bangsa) (放射 (ko))
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• Maori: parawhiti
• Norwegian: stråling (no) c
• Portuguese: radiação (pt) f
• Russian: радиа́ция (ru) f (radiácija), излуче́ние (ru) n (izlučénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: rèididheachd f
• Serbo-Croatian: radijácija (sh) f
• Slovene: sévanje (sl) n, žárčenje n
• Spanish: radiación (es) f
• Swedish: strålning (sv) c
• Tagalog: dagilap
• Turkish: radyasyon (tr)
• Vietnamese: phóng xạ (vi) (放射)

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• Danish: stråling
• Estonian: kiiritus
• French: radiation f
• German: Strahlung (de) f
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• Irish: scaipeadh m, radaíocht f
• Italian: radiazione (it) f, irraggiamento (it) m
• Turkish: Radyasyon
• Welsh: pelydriad (1,2,3), ymbelydredd (4)

Anagrams

• antiradio

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin radiatio, radiationem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.dja.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

radiation f (plural radiations)

1. radiation (all meaning)

Related terms

• radier

Further reading

• “radiation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.